11 flights report being lit by lasers over New Jersey

Julio Cortez, AP

FILE - In this file photo, a plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. The FAA says at least three recent incidents involving laser pointers targeting planes involved flights taking off from Newark.

FILE - In this file photo, a plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. The FAA says at least three recent incidents involving laser pointers targeting planes involved flights taking off from Newark. (Julio Cortez, AP)

11 flights reported lit by lasers over NJ

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after 11 commercial flights reported they were illuminated by lasers while flying over New Jersey.

The FAA says the incidents occurred Wednesday between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

The FAA says the lasers hit the left and right sides of the cockpits along with the sides of the planes.

There were no reports of injuries.

The FAA says at least three of the incidents involved flights near Newark Liberty International Airport.

Three flights were at 3,000 feet four miles south of the Outerbridge Crossing, which connects Perth Amboy to Staten Island, New York. One flight was headed to LaGuardia Airport.